"(She) had a look of fear in her eyes, like something really bad happened," said the girl's mother, who did not want to be identified. "And she looked at me and said, 'Mom, some man just tried to grab me in a truck.'"

Investigators said the teen was just a few houses from her front door when a man in a black truck tried to grab her on Chaske Street.

"Hopefully something can be done about this. Like I said, parents, please watch your kids," said the girl's uncle, Edward Lewis.

The 14-year-old ran home and told her mom what Ostrosky looked like. The mother called 911 and, within minutes, officers pulled the 62-year-old man over on Grove Road at the intersection with Aber Road, less than a half mile from where the incident happened.

The girl's mother said Ostrosky was within feet of her daughter when he lunged for her.

"He missed her because she was already in the motion of trying to run home," she said. "He was an opportunist. He caught my daughter walking home, minding her business, by herself, and it was two of them."

Police said Ostrosky was in the truck with another man and the two were doing plumbing work nearby. Ostrosky was arrested, but the other man was not.

Ostrosky was charged with resisting arrest, trying to lure a child into a car and driving with a suspended license.

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Penn Hills is one of the largest municipalities in Allegheny County. The population as of the 2010 census was 42,329, making it Pittsburgh's second largest suburb by population.

AFFORD TO PAY THE INCREASES TEACHERS ARE DEMANDING AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REFUSING TO RAISE TAXES TO DO SO. A FAMILY SHAKEN BY THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY TRIED TO KIDNAP THEIR LITTLE GIRL. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT CHILD MANAGED TO GET AWAY, AND TONIGHT POLICE ARE TELLING US THE MAN WHO TRIED TO GRAB HER DIDN'T GET FAR. PITTSBURGH ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SPOKE WITH THE GIRL'S MOTHER AND IS LIVE IN PENN HILLS TONIGHT. CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT FAMILY'S FEELING. Reporter: THE MOTHER EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN AND ANGER. SHE SAID HER DAUGHTER FELT SOMETHING BAD WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BASED ON THE ACTION OF THE MAN SHE ENCOUNTERED. THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF GROVE ROAD AND ABER ROAD IN PENN HILLS. WHAT HAPPENED HERE TUESDAY WAS SWIFT AND BRIEF, BUT ALSO FRIGHTENING IF YOU LISTEN TO THE MOTHER OF THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL. HAD THE LOOK OF FEAR IN HER EYES LIKE SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENED AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, MOMMY, SOME MAN TRIED TO GRAB ME IN A TRUCK. Reporter: THE MOTHER DOES NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED, BUT SHE DID IDENTIFY THIS MAN, 62 YEAR OLD, AS THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ABDUCT HER DAUGHTER. THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST A HALF BLOCK FROM THEIR HOUSE. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS TWO MEN IN A BLACK PICKUP TRUCK PULLED UP NEXT TO THE GIRL. HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE DRIVER. THE TRUCK STOPPED AND IT WAS THE DRIVER WHO GOT OUT? CORRECT. Reporter: HOW CLOSE TO YOUR DAUGHTER? COUPLE FEET AWAY. FAR ENOUGH AWAY WHERE WHEN HE LUNGED FOR HER, HE MISSED HER AND SHE WAS IN THE MOTION OF TRYING TO RUN HOME. HE WAS THE OPPORTUNIST, CAUGHT MY DAUGHTER WALKING HOME, MINDING HER BUSINESS BY HERSELF, AND THERE WAS TWO OF THEM. Reporter: POLICE SAY HE WAS IN THE TRUCK WITH A SECOND MAN AND THE TWO WERE DOING PLUMBING WORK AT A HOUSE CLOSE BY. THE GIRL SENSED SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS AS SHE MADE EYE CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER. HER MOTHER OFFERS SIMPLE ADVICE. JUST FOR THE PARENTS TO BE VIGILANT, YOU KNOW, WATCH YOUR KIDS. Reporter: OSTROFSKY FACES SEVERAL CHARGES AND PENN HILLS POLICE ALSO SAY HE WAS DRIVING

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